The latest stage in the mixed-use Beijing World Trade Center project, which has been adding buildings since the 1980s, architecturally topped out in November 2015 and cladding application is currently underway. The 316-metre Phase 3B joins the adjacent 2010-completed China World Tower — both designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill — in forming the second and third highest peaks on the Beijing skyline.

In the three months since our last update, work has been progressing atop the crown level of the China World Trade Center Phase 3B in Beijing, with cladding work now well underway at the top of the 59-storey, 316-metre supertall development set to become the city's second-tallest structure.